| Police 'stop attempt on Morales'
April 16, 2009 at 4:34 pm
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|  Bolivian President Evo Morales says three foreigners have died after he ordered police to stop a planned attempt on his life. |
| Obama publishes 'torture' memos
April 16, 2009 at 3:39 pm
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|  The Obama administration publishes four secret memos detailing Bush-era CIA interrogation methods. |
| West Africa faces 'megadroughts'
April 16, 2009 at 3:04 pm
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|  Droughts lasting centuries occur regularly in West Africa, scientists find - and another one is coming, climate change or not. |
| Serve letting me down - Federer
April 16, 2009 at 2:23 pm
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|  Roger Federer pinpoints his serve as the key weakness following his surprise defeat by Stanislas Wawrinka at the Monte Carlo Masters. |
| Pandas opt for low-cal sweeteners
April 16, 2009 at 2:07 pm
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|  Red pandas have shown a preference for artificial sweeteners that has puzzled researchers. |
| Live text - Uefa Cup
April 16, 2009 at 1:51 pm
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|  Manchester City take on Hamburg in their Uefa Cup quarter-final trailing 3-1 from the leg. |
| Germany breaks up child porn ring
April 16, 2009 at 1:42 pm
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|  German police target a child pornography network suspected of involving thousands of people in more than 90 countries. |
| Kenya 'will try Somali pirates'
April 16, 2009 at 1:25 pm
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|  Eleven Somali pirates captured by a French warship are being taken to Kenya for trial, the French defence ministry says. |
| IMF sees long and severe slowdown
April 16, 2009 at 12:11 pm
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|  The global recession is likely to be "unusually long and severe, and the recovery sluggish," the IMF says. |
| JP Morgan profits beat forecasts
April 16, 2009 at 12:06 pm
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|  First-quarter profits at US bank group JP Morgan Chase beat expectations, despite falling 12.5% to $2.1bn. |
| Slumdog makers pledge Mumbai cash
April 16, 2009 at 10:27 am
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|  The makers of Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire pledge £500,000 to improve the lives of Mumbai's slum children. |
| In pictures
April 16, 2009 at 9:48 am
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|  Voters cast ballots around India as elections begin |
| Obama envoy holds talks in Israel
April 16, 2009 at 9:40 am
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|  The US envoy to the Middle East, George Mitchell, is in Israel for his first talks with the new government. |
| Russia angered by Nato exercises
April 16, 2009 at 9:32 am
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|  Russia asks Nato to cancel or postpone military exercises it plans to hold in Georgia next month. |
| French fishermen lift blockades
April 16, 2009 at 9:18 am
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|  French fishermen lift a blockade of Channel ports and are considering an offer of state aid from the government. |
| Brown 'sorry' over e-mail slurs
April 16, 2009 at 8:48 am
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|  The prime minister apologises over e-mails sent by his former aide Damian McBride which suggested smearing Tories. |
| Day in pictures
April 16, 2009 at 8:39 am
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|  Some striking images from around the world |
| Ferguson & Wenger predict classic
April 16, 2009 at 8:38 am
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|  Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger both expect the upcoming Manchester United-Arsenal Champions League semi-final will produce two classic matches. |
| Suicide blast hits Iraq army base
April 16, 2009 at 8:08 am
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|  A suicide bomber in Iraq's Anbar province injures 26 people in an attack on an army base, officials say. |
| Nokia sees profits plunge by 90%
April 16, 2009 at 7:19 am
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|  Mobile phone giant Nokia says net profits fell 90% in the first quarter of 2009 with sales down by more than a quarter. |
| Spam 'produces 17m tons of CO2'
April 16, 2009 at 7:15 am
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|  Spam wastes enough energy to power more than 2.4m homes every year, a study finds. |
| Kenya cabinet fresh crisis talks
April 16, 2009 at 6:45 am
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|  Kenya's coalition government holds fresh crisis talks a day after the premier boycotted cabinet meetings. |
| Obama to back Mexico's drugs war
April 16, 2009 at 6:00 am
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|  US President Barack Obama is expected to express support for Mexico's war on drugs cartels in a visit to the country. |
| Snake-hunt on board Australian jet as baby pythons escape hold
April 16, 2009 at 5:53 am
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|  An Australian airliner is grounded after four baby pythons escape from their container in the aircraft's hold. |
| Animal farm
April 16, 2009 at 5:48 am
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|  Meet the man who lived, slept and ate with pigs |
| Obama in Mexico
April 16, 2009 at 5:33 am
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|  Drugs and the economy to dominate first visit |
| Thaksin urges king to end crisis
April 16, 2009 at 5:09 am
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|  Thailand's former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra appeals to the king to resolve the country's political crisis. |
| Court orders Varun Gandhi release
April 16, 2009 at 4:23 am
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|  A grandson of ex-India PM Indira Gandhi, detained for inciting religious tension, is freed on bail. |
| Digging deep
April 16, 2009 at 4:10 am
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|  A South African gold miner's life in sound and images |
| Ferries resume as blockade ends
April 16, 2009 at 3:51 am
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|  Cross-Channel ferries resume as French fishermen lift a blockade of ports while they consider an aid offer for their industry. |
| Leaks 'exaggerated' in MP arrest
April 16, 2009 at 3:37 am
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|  Civil servants exaggerated the seriousness of Home Office leaks which led to MP Damian Green's arrest, a committee of MPs says. |
| Russia 'ends Chechnya operation'
April 16, 2009 at 3:27 am
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|  Russia has ended its counter-terrorism operation against separatist rebels in the republic of Chechnya, reports say. |
| UK writer Clement Freud dies at 84
April 16, 2009 at 3:26 am
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|  Broadcaster and former Liberal MP Sir Clement Freud has died aged 84, his family have announced. |
| EBay looks to buy Korea's Gmarket
April 16, 2009 at 3:22 am
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|  US-based online auction site eBay offers to buy major South Korean online retailer Gmarket for up to $1.2bn. |
| Dennis to clarify role at McLaren
April 16, 2009 at 2:57 am
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|  Former McLaren team principal Ron Dennis is expected to cut his ties with F1 on Thursday. |
| Hijacked US ship's crew fly home
April 16, 2009 at 2:52 am
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|  The American crew of a US merchant ship seized briefly by pirates off Somalia last week return home. |
| Sri Lanka Tamil rebels criticised
April 16, 2009 at 1:43 am
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|  Britain and France say they deplore the use of human shields by Tamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka. |
| Weak exports hit China's growth
April 16, 2009 at 1:36 am
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|  Growth of China's GDP slowed to 6.1% in the first quarter of 2009, the weakest since 1992, after exports fell again. |
| Pet trade puts orangutans at risk
April 16, 2009 at 12:40 am
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|  The trade in orangutans, particularly babies, is taking the Sumatran species towards extinction, a report concludes. |
| Explosion on asylum seekers' boat
April 16, 2009 at 12:08 am
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|  An explosion on a boat carrying Afghan asylum seekers approaching Australia kills at least three people. | |
The US and Japan inform the UN of North Korean companies they say support the country's weapons programme.
The White House denies floating any potential Vatican envoys, amid reports three names were rejected by the Holy See.
Huge study hopes to find the cause of a new 'epidemic'
A low intake of vitamins A and C could raise the risk of asthma, a review of 40 studies since 1980 suggests.
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